calling for
Example Sentences
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Department of Veterans Affairs is calling for bids to build fewer than a third of that number with a delivery date seven months later.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said political leaders are "calling for calm", with authorities in Northern Ireland braced for possible protests and disruption on Wednesday.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Besjana Guri, the founder of environmental NGO Lumi, said demonstrators were also calling for the suspension of an amendment that allowed "massive construction" inside nature reserves such as Zvernec.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
Alongside calling for the cancellation of the Zvernec project, protesters also want the scrapping of laws that have allowed the government to fast-track projects -- such as Kushner's other development on nearby Sazan Island.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
She’d have liked a bath, but that would mean going to the rain room and filling the tub, then calling for Ruby to heat it, and that was more trouble than she could face.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
